A fascinating approach to translation systems - and a profitable one, I think. With the falling prices of bandwidth and storage, it's simply become more cost effective to deal with the vast amounts of data required for such a system, rather than trying to putz the results with advanced AI "guessing" procedures...

Romancing The Rosetta Stone [Slashdot]
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I've often wondered how a "Star Trek" universe, complete with "transporter" technology that allows replication of physical objects would work in a world dominated by lawyers, copyrights and patents. This article addresses that very issue ....

Peer To Peer Meets Manufacturing [Slashdot]
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